Truss Seeks to Rally UK Tories, Saying Disruption Is Needed (2)

UK premier Liz Truss sought to rally despondent members of her ruling Conservatives, pledging to “stay the course” after a bruising few days in which she U-turned on a flagship tax cut and members of her own cabinet openly questioned her plans.

“Whenever there is change, there is disruption,” Truss said in a closing speech to her party’s conference in Birmingham on Wednesday. “I’m determined to get Britain moving, to get us through the tempest and to put us on a stronger footing,” she said.

Liz Truss pauses as her keynote speech is interrupted by Greenpeace protesters, in Birmingham, UK, on Oct. 5.

Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

The annual gathering, just a month into Truss’s tenure, has been overshadowed by a ...